AP Environmental Science

Karina Gastelum​

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A report led by the university of Arizona geoscientists states that the amount of sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean can be used to estimate future global surface temperatures. ​Peyser a UA doctoral candidate in geoscience states that "We're using sea level in a different way, by using the pattern of sea level changes in the Pacific to look at global surface temperatures and this hasn't been done before". Peyser and her colleagues used measurements of sea level changes taken by NASA/NOAA/European satellites starting in 1993.The researchers estimated that by the end of 2016, the average surface temperature will increase up to 0.5 F which is more than in 2014. Rising sea levels can have an extreme negative impact on Animals and humans for many reason. For example it will contaminate our fresh waters as the rising sea crawls farther and farther up the shore, in many places it will seep into the freshwater sources in the ground that many coastal areas rely on for their drinking. Saltwater is unsafe to drink, it is possible to remove the salt from water but by doing so is an expensive and complicated process. ​ Many wildlife make their home on the beach. As the rising ocean erodes the shoreline and floods the areas in which coastal animals live, animals like shorebirds and sea turtles will suffer. Their delicate nests will be swept away by the flooding. Their habitats may be so damaged by flooding or changes in the surrounding plant life that they can no longer survive in the environment. Rising sea levels is extremely dangerous for our environment it affects both Animal and hunmans. We need to be aware and try to fix it do something about it before it is too late.

​https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160818212759.htm

Scientist solve puzzle of converting gaseous carbon dioxide to suel.

Humans advance, climate change and global warming is injecting humans and animals with 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide every day into the atmosphere.Teams of scientists from University of Toronto believes they have found a way to convert all emissions into energy rich fuel in a carbon neutral cycle that uses an extremely natural resource Silicon. It is the seventh most abundant element in the universe. With a chemistry solution they think they can turn it into fuel. But the silicon materials that they want to use must meet a certain criteria hoping for a potential results for energy without harmful emissions.